A two-year-old girl is alleged to have been viciously assaulted by a four-year-old boy while in the care of staff at a Frenchs Forest gym’s creche service.

The parents of Eva Ness alleged their child suffered horrific injuries from the older child, which included a black eye, bites and scratches, while at Virgin Active Frenchs Forest gym’s creche service on Saturday.

Eva’s father, Rob, is furious at the club over the alleged incident.

“The issue is not about the other boy, it’s about the lack of supervision,” Mr Ness said.

“My thing is it’s clearly not adequate supervision if they (staff) didn’t see it… based the photos she must have been yelling for some time.

“It’s my feeling that somebody at Virgin Active has to be held accountable, obviously someone failed in their duty of care.”

Rob’s wife Kristel first posted the photos and details of the incident on a northern beaches Facebook page.

A spokeswoman for Virgin Active Health Clubs confirmed the incident and the older boy had been suspended from the facility while the incident was being investigated.

The club has already closed the area of the creche where the alleged incident occurred.

“A two-year-old girl and four-year-old boy were playing in the kids club, Club V, at our club in Frenchs Forest, when the two-year-old suffered bruising to the face and bite marks on her face and back, following an altercation with the boy in the facility,” the spokeswoman said.

“Our staff were nearby but did not witness the incident as the incident occurred outside of the supervisor’s direct line of site in the ‘Big A’ soft play structure area.

The parents shared photos of Eva’s injuries

Other gym-goers are shocked

The spokeswoman said the ’Big A’ area of the kids club had now been closed, and the child who allegedly attacked the two-year-old girl had been suspended.

“We are currently working with all parties to understand exactly what took place, how it could have been prevented, and what can be done to prevent a similar incident happening in the future.

“We want to reassure parents that we treat the safety and wellbeing of their children in our care with the utmost importance.”

The spokeswoman said the club “apologised unreservedly” to Eva and her family.

Parents whose children use the gym’s creche service took to social media to vent their shock at what had happened.

“I’m a big fan of the staff and facility, but I was blown away by what seems to have transpired,” Phil Herborn said.

Rebecca Murray said: “I too was heartbroken seeing these photos…I recently stopped my children’s club v memberships and am glad as I would not take this sort of risk leaving them there.”